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Badain spoke publicly to board members for the first time since casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and investment bank Goldman Sachs last week walked away from the project to seemingly end relocation plans.

Their departures have left the Raiders scrambling to find a partner willing to invest $650 million into the 65,000-seat domed stadium that would house the NFL and UNLV’s football team.

But Badain sounded confident Thursday when telling board members that financing will not be an issue.

“We’re in an industry where we’re used to plugging along,” he said. “We know a process like this has its starts and stops. We are very confident that we’ll be able to have financing in place by the time of the NFL vote.”

The Raiders are working to secure approval from the necessary 24 of the 32 NFL owners to get the OK to leave Oakland. Owners could vote on the issue at their meetings March 26-29 in Phoenix.

Badain didn’t identify new investors other than to say the Raiders are talking to multiple financial institutions since splitting with Adelson, chief executive of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and owner of the city’s largest newspaper.

Nevada has committed $750 million to the stadium project through the sales of bonds that are to be repaid over 30 years by a hotel room tax. The Raiders and NFL would contribute $500 million, leaving a void of $650 million.

In an only-in-Vegas moment, a self-proclaimed scientist who according to news reports is a convicted felon, offered to fund the project during public commentary.

Adelson withdrew from negotiations days after the Raiders submitted a proposed lease agreement with the stadium authority that didn’t include him. That lease agreement resulted in community uproar because of a provision that calls for the Raiders to pay a $1-a-year annual rent and having control over the field markings for college games.

UNLV president Len Jessup called the field markings concern a non-issue Thursday. He and Badain said they are committed to building a stadium that would benefit everyone involved.

Badain added the team needs to have a lease agreement with the stadium authority before NFL owners will vote on the move.

Also, the club president emphasized how excited league officials are about the prospects of being in Las Vegas. Badain said conversations last week during Super Bowl festivities involved bringing the big game to Nevada.

“To a person, all they wanted to talk about was bringing the Super bowl to Las Vegas — team owners, team executives, league executives, sponsors,” he said. “We have a tremendous opportunity here.”

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